Timo Salminen

Ansa es soltera y vive en Helsinki. Trabaja con un contrato de cero horas en un supermercado, abasteciendo los estantes; luego clasifica el plástico reciclable. Una noche se encuentra accidentalmente con el igualmente solitario trabajador Holappa, un alcohólico. Contra todo pronóstico y malentendidos, intentan construir una relación. Como resultado, Holappa logra controlar su adicción al alcohol.

Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow. Hidden behind a frail appearance is a will of steel, and her courage and determination ultimately win over their respect. Adopted into this world of often unfortunate individuals, Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free. Debut film.

Benno and Allegra: he's over fifty, English, and drinks like a fish; she's twenty years younger, a travel blogger with lots of imagination. They both live off their lies and have no intention of stopping now. Next-door neighbors who had never met until the day he wound up on the wrong landing, and nothing would ever be the same. Sheer chance leads this odd couple on a flight towards lost or forgotten places, where their mutual support makes for self-discovery.

Daniel, a biologist studying the disappearance of fish, is haunted by paternity. It is by looking for a woman who could be the mother of his children that he will come across a strange fish and discover what he really lacks: love.

A young woman lavishes the last care on her mother's lifeless body. At his side, a woman watch, a babouhcka , as they say among the Russians. The young groped, the day before with a sure hand, wash this body, prepare it. They accompany him, rock him and console him by the last goodbye.

Helsinki. El joven Khaled llega oculto en un barco de carga procedente de Siria. Su solicitud de asilo es rechazada, pero decide quedarse de todos modos. Mientras, un gris comercial cincuentón llamado Wikström decide cambiar su vida y abrir un decadente restaurante. Sus caminos se cruzarán cuando una tarde Wikhström se encuentra a Khaled en la puerta de su restaurante y, emocionado, decide ofrecerle techo, comida y trabajo. Pero el sueño del chico es encontrar a su hermana, que también huyó de Siria.

Swagger nos lleva a las sorprendentes mentes de once adolescentes que crecen en uno de los barrios más desfavorecidos en Francia. A pesar de sus dificultades. Los chicos Aulnay y Sevran tienen sueños y ambiciones. ¡Y nadie se los quitará a ellos!

Lazarus de Jesus is the adopted son of a wealthy lady from Lisbon, whom he calls Grandmother. It is she who introduces him to Godfather, a great businessman who takes him as his protégé, and Angelina, the woman Grandma wants him to marry. But Lazarus has other hidden interests, the most important of which is an obsessive fixation on female armpits. When he sees the violinist Maria Pia playing, Lazarus immediately falls in love and starts to live for her, which will precipitate an absolutely unpredictable ending.

En la antigüedad, se creía que Jauja era una tierra mitológica de abundancia y felicidad. Se emprendieron muchas expediciones para tratar de encontrar el lugar y comprobarlo. Con el tiempo, la leyenda creció desproporcionadamente. Indiscutiblemente, la gente exageraba, como de costumbre. Lo único que se sabe con seguridad es que todos aquellos que intentaron encontrar este paraíso terrenal se perdieron.

One winter evening, at an empty gas station, young country musician Sami meets beautiful Julia, who has run out of gas. Sami, who’s been living alone in his car since his ex kicked him out, invites Julia back to “his place” for the night.

La ciudad portuguesa de Guimarães fue, durante el año 2012, Capital Europea del año. El filme Centro Histórico es la combinación del trabajo cuatro cineastas sobre cuatro distintas historias que tiene lugar allí. El primer episodio, titulado El tabernero, está dirigido por Aki Kaurismäki y tiene como protagonista a un hombre solitario, que ve pasar la vida observando los distintos acontecimientos, pero sin experimentar nada de primera mano. El segundo episodio tiene como nombre Dulce exorcista, su director es Pedro Costa e indaga en el pasado colonial. Finalmente, el último episodio del filme, El conquistador conquistado, tiene como director a Manoel de Oliveira, que hace una sátira de los turistas que toman fotografías sin parar del centro de Guimarães.

A day in the life of a lonely tavern man in an old Portuguese town.

Marcel Marx, famoso escritor bohemio, se ha exiliado voluntariamente y se ha establecido en la ciudad portuaria de Le Havre (Francia), donde vive satisfecho trabajando como limpiabotas, porque así se siente más cerca de la gente. Tras renunciar a sus ambiciones literarias, su vida se desarrolla sin sobresaltos entre el bar de la esquina, su trabajo y su mujer Arletty; pero, cuando se cruza en su camino un niño negro inmigrante, tendrá que luchar contra los fríos y ciegos mecanismos del Estado, armado únicamente con su optimismo y con la incondicional solidaridad de los vecinos del barrio, para evitar que su protegido caiga en manos de la policía.

During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home party. The story involves some party guests who have serious money problems and are trying to come to terms with past mistakes. However, the self-confident politician strangely does not turn to the police, but begins to demand his justice by force.

Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to understand the reasons for his father’s mysterious departure. Can you change the past by living it again?

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Maria is young and beautiful. Her life resembles a fairy tale, in which the wishes come true if by magic. She has a smart, loving husband. And all that can be bought for money. Maria wants a child but could not bear it. She lives, but does not feel life. She is very unhappy.

Koistinen, un guardia de seguridad nocturno, recorre las calles buscando un lugar al sol, pero la indiferencia general destroza, una tras otra, sus modestas esperanzas. Un grupo de mafiosos, que se aprovecha de su sed de amor y de su profesión con la ayuda de una mujer fría y calculadora, organiza un robo del que se acusa sólo a Koistinen. Así, pierde su trabajo, su libertad y sus sueños. Tercera parte de la trilogía que empezó con "Nubes pasajeras" (1996) y "Un hombre sin pasado" (2002).

Short documentary about life in a little town called Bico in the northern Portugal.

A short film by Aki Kaurismäki. It was shot in 2001 as a test before filming The Man Without a Past, featuring much of the same cast. Markku Peltola plays a man who leaves his company and boards a train to Moscow with the woman he is going to marry.

Film dividido en episodios independientes, cada uno de ellos dirigido por un director, que propone su particular visión sobre el tiempo concebido como entidad metafísica. Lifeline (Víctor Erice) - España. Con Ana Sofía Llano, Pelayo Suárez. Ten Thousand Years Older (Werner Herzog) - Portugal. Con Tari, Wapo, Mauro Oliveira. Int. Trailer Night (Jim Jarmusch) - USA. Con Chloë Sevigny. Twelve Miles to Trona (Wim Wenders) - Alemania. Con Charles Esten, Amber Tamblyn. We Wuz Robbed (Spike Lee) - USA. Con Michael Feldman, Nick Baldick, Mike Whouley, Sandra Sobieraj, Donna Brazile. 100 Flowers Hidden Deep (Chen Kaige) - China. Con Feng Yuanzheng, Geng Le, Li Quang, Zhang Jin.

Un hombre que ha perdido completamente la memoria debe reiniciar su vida en una zona marginal, junto a seres humanos apartados de la sociedad.

The mechanic Jack tries to get rid of his criminal background.

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

Historia de un matrimonio (Ilona y Lauri) cuya relación y dignidad son puestas a prueba por los duros golpes de la vida. La pareja no suele correr riesgos y vive en un modesto apartamento de alquiler. Pero Ilona (Kati Outinen) pierde su empleo como camarera en el restaurante Dubrovnik, en Helsinki. Por si esto fuera poco, acaba enterándose de que Lauri (Kari Väänänen) ya hace un mes que ha sido despedido de su trabajo como conductor de tranvía.

A performance by Markus Allan.

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman".

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.

A medidados de los años 60, dos finlandeses que tienen problemas para comunicarse con las mujeres, viaja en una furgoneta en dirección hacia el sur. En el camino encuentran a la estonia Tatiana y la rusa Klavdia, más despiertas y experimentadas.

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.

Life of a member of the rock band Leningrad Cowboys from birth to moving away from home.

Narra la amistad y desventuras de tres curiosos artistas sin blanca en el París bohemio. Marcel, un escritor sin trabajo que se dedica a recoger botellas vacías, Rodolfo, un pintor albanés sin papeles, y Schaunard, un compositor irlandés. Los tres intentan sobrevivir a su mala situación económica ayudándose mutuamente.

A stranger arrives in Parisian night café where the Leningrad Cowboys are drinking.

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

Un hombre gris y sin ganas de vivir contrata a un asesino a sueldo para que acabe con su vida, pues él carece de valor para hacerlo. Pero, inesperadamente, conoce a una mujer y cambia de idea: quiere seguir viviendo. El problema consiste en que debe encontrar al asesino que ha contratado antes de que éste ejecute su macabro encargo.

Una joven solitaria hace un trabajo mecánico y rutinario en una fábrica de cerillas. Cuando llega a casa debe soportar a su perverso padrastro y la falta de cariño de su madre. Por las noches sale a bailar intentando divertirse y encontrar pareja, pero nunca tiene suerte.

Los Leningrad Cowboys, un grupo de músicos siberianos, y su mánager, viajan a América buscando fama y fortuna. Mientras cruzan el país intentando llegar a una boda en México, son seguidos por el tonto del pueblo que desea unirse al grupo.

Premiada por la Sociedad de Críticos de Estados Unidos en 1990 como la mejor película extranjera, este filme es una exploración de la realidad finlandesa: desempleo, corrupción y vigilancia policial...

A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

A member of the rock band Leningrad Cowboys escapes from prison and starts looking for his girlfriend.

Nikander es un conductor de un camión de la basura, que una noche verá como su vida se complica al morirse su compañero de trabajo. Además, se enamora de Ilona, una cajera de un supermercado. Primera entrega de "La trilogía del proletariado" que se compone además de "Ariel" y "La chica de la fábrica de cerillas."

Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers that the target is one of his past loves.

En Helsinki, dieciocho hombres, diecisiete de los cuales se llaman Frank, deciden abandonar el barrio de trabajadores en el que llevan una vida triste y gris para instalarse en un barrio al otro lado de la ciudad, cerca del mar, que representa para ellos una especie de "El Dorado".

Young Alex Sammako has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakos, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

Adaptación de la novela homónima de Dostoievski ambientada en la Finlandia actual. Un ex-estudiante de derecho irrumpe en el apartamento de un hombre de negocios y lo mata aparentemente sin motivos. En ese momento llega Eva y aconseja al asesino que escape.

Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.

In 1870, four different stories happen in four different places in the world.